Linklaters’ US structured finance and derivatives chief Gary Barnett has left the firm to take a newly-created role at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Barnett – who has spent seven years at the magic circle firm since joining in 2004 from Shearman & Sterling – has been appointed to head up the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight, a new subdivision of the CFTC charged with policing complex securities.